Pikachu snickered and pointed over to the
left. Ash only glanced and knew what it was. Ash sighed. There was Brock,
flirting with Nurse Joy. Where's Misty when you need her? Speaking of Misty…
Ash looked back at Pikachu. "Where's Misty?" He asked.

Pikachu shrugged. "Pikachu pika."

"Hey Brock?" Ash called over to the love
struck Brock. Brock acknowledged him by he wave of a hand. "Have you seen Misty
around?"

Nurse joy heard this and glanced over at
Ash. "You may want to get her then, it's almost closing time!"

Ash nodded. "Alright. I'll be back soon."
Ash grabbed some poke'balls from the counter, told Pikachu to wait there, and headed
out the door. Pikachu just shrugged and went back to entertaining Togepi on the
couch.

"Wonder why Misty is outside this late at
night." Ash mumbled to himself. He scanned the area. No Misty. "Misty!" He
called out. "Misty where are you?" He hugged himself a bit. It was cold
tonight. "Brrr, I guess it's usual to be cold at night by the sea." Ash's face
lit up. Quickly he raced of to the east. "If I'm correct, I think I know where
Misty is."

He pushed through the bush a bit. He was
right. There she was, right in front of him, leaning over the rail. Ash stood
there for a moment staring at her. He remembered a few days ago when he woke up
in the middle of the night and saw misty. He remembered how he noticed how
pretty she was standing there, and how she was actually more of a girl then his
best friend, or both. Ash shook his head. "I have to stop thinking about that!"
Ash mumbled to himself.

Silently he crept out of the bushes and
moved next to misty. He looked at her for a moment then out at the sea where
the whirl cup was held just that morning.

Realizing, she wasn't going to notice him,
Ash cleared his throat. Startled Misty turned to him. "Ash! I didn't notice you
coming." She blushed for a moment then turned back to the stadium.

Ash raised an eyebrow and asked, "What are
you staring at?"

Misty shook her head. "I'm not staring."

"You sure look like you staring at
something."

Misty opened her mouth to comment, but just
shook her head. "NO, I'm thinking."

Ash cocked his head. "About what?"

Misty smiled and shook her head. She stood
up straight and turned away from the stadium. "It's nothing, Ash, don't worry
about it." She gave him a sad, tired smile.

Ash looked at Misty then shook his head. "I
know something's bothering you, what is it?"

Misty bit her lip and started walking
towards the pokemon center. "Come on Ash. I'm sure they're all waiting for us."

Ash stood his ground and stubbornly shook
his head. "No. I'm not moving from this spot until you tell me what's wrong."

Misty almost laughed; she looked into Ash's
determined eyes and sighed. How could she not give in? "It's just, " She took a
deep breath and continued. "I really wanted to be the winner. I wanted to be the
water master. I wanted to live up to what I've told everyone. But," Misty
looked down. "I c-I just can't!" Misty could feel the tears coming to her eyes
and she looked back towards the stadium, away from Ash. "Maybe I'm not made out
to be a water master. I tried. Really I did! I tried my best! But my best
wasn't good enough. Maybe I should just give up – "

"No!" Ash turned her forcefully to face him,
but she still kept her head down. "Don't EVER give up!" Misty still looked down
dejectedly. "I KNOW you can do it! You beat me!" Misty smiled a bit, but still
didn't look at him. Ash took a deep breath and continued. "Remember when I
tried to be the pokemon master? I just needed more time. I'm much more
experienced now! I'm sure in the next whirl cup tournament; you'll be the
winner! You'll smoke 'em all away!"

Misty looked up at Ash. Her eyes were still
glassy, but no more tears were falling. Ash still ha a hold on her shoulder and
wouldn't let go until he knew Misty wasn't giving up on her dream. Misty was
still silent so Ash continued. "I'm not going to give up on my dream no matter
what, and you shouldn't either," Ash took a deep breathe and looked into
Misty's eyes. "And do you know why?" She smiled and shook her head. "Because
you have us by your side one hundred percent!"

Misty's eyes watered. Ash looked worried and
thought he did or said something wrong. Misty noticed his worried look and
hugged him. "Thank-you." She whispered in his ear. Misty let him go and Ash
scratched the back of his head. "No problem. We should be getting back now."

Ash turned and walked away, but was stopped
by Misty's question. "Hey Ash?"

Ash
stopped and turned to Misty.

"What gives you inspiration?" Misty's
curious question brought a blush to Ash's face, which made Ash glad it was
dark. "Well, Pikachu, and, you." Ash smiled at her and quickly turned away back
to the Pokemon center.

Misty just stood there and smiled. "Maybe
he…"

"Come
on!" Ash called out.

"I'm
coming!" Misty yelled back. Misty ran through the bush and stood before Ash who
was waiting for her. They both smiled at each other and walked back to pokemon
center with a smile on their faces.

Okay,
so this was a cute, short thing, but I thought if Ash can have his sad point
after he lost, ten so can misty! Actually, this is the first time I haven't
written a pure AAMRN. Wow…

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